Coefficients of Thermal Expansion in La(3)Ga(5)SiO(14) and Ca(3)TaGa(3)Si(2)O(14) Crystals

The ordered Ca(3)TaGa(3)Si(2)O(14) and disordered La(3)Ga(5)SiO(14) crystals of the lantangallium silicate family were grown via the Czochralski method. The independent coefficients of thermal expansion of crystals [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] were determined using X-ray powder diffraction based on the analysis of X-ray diffraction spectra measured in the temperature range of 25~1000 °C. It is shown that, in the temperature range of 25~800 °C, the thermal expansion coefficients are linear. At temperatures above 800 °C, there is a nonlinear character of the thermal expansion coefficients, associated with a decrease in the Ga content in the crystal lattice.